Hundreds of thousands of workers who operate and work around non-road diesel equipment, such as bulldozers and farm tractors, are being exposed to dangerous concentrations of toxic diesel soot and other emissions according to a study released this week.
The study, by Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), was released one day before a public hearing in New York City on a proposed EPA rule that would, for the first time, regulate the emissions from non-road diesel engines. NESCAUM is an interstate association of state government air quality control agencies in the Northeast states.